Who we are:

KeepTruckin is on a mission to modernize the trucking industry. With the leading fleet management platform, we are bringing trucks online and fundamentally changing the way freight is moved on our roads.

At KeepTruckin, we see our hard work rewarded in tangible ways every day and we believe that intelligence is most powerful when paired with humility. We’re motivated by the opportunity to impact and improve every facet of a trillion-dollar industry that touches everyone’s lives. KeepTruckin is proud to be a Forbes Cloud 100 company and recognized by Glassdoor as a “Best Place to Work” in 2019.

We are looking for people from all backgrounds who want to make an impact on the millions of drivers who keep our world moving. Together, we laugh hard, snack harder and work together to drive innovation at the intersection of tech and transportation.

About the Job:

The Head of Engineering - Hardware will report directly to the VP of Engineering and will be a key member of the executive team. Both a technologist and a business leader, the successful candidate will lead, train, develop and continue to hire the best talent in the industry.

 The ideal candidate will be a leader by example, promoting positive company culture and fostering transparency throughout the organization. This person approaches problems with insight and creativity in equal measure, never accepting solutions that compromise values or quality as an option. They treat everyone as a peer, and understands that listening is as imperative to effective communication as speaking.

 The Head of Engineering - Hardware will have a knack for prioritization, be driven by data and quantifiable metrics, as well as having customer-centric sensibilities and an unshakable emphasis on people. For this person, recruiting is always a priority, motivated by a tenacious passion for building a team of people they are proud to know.

 Responsibilities:

• Drive urgency, pace, and process/performance improvements across all hardware engineering groups so KeepTruckin meets or exceeds its business plans and goals.
• Provide strong leadership to a globally dispersed team by illustrating shared visions, missions, strategies, and plans; by fostering greater communication, visibility, access, and collaboration throughout the hardware teams; and by being an instrument of unity and trustworthiness
• Recruit, hire, assess, develop and retain outstanding technical leaders
• Ensure that engineers have the resources and tools they need to excel and flourish
• Work cross-functionally within the organization to ensure that new features and products are well and timely built and that the user experience is superb
• Help set policies, priorities, and strategies as a member of the core executive management group

Qualifications:

• Has run a performance-driven hardware engineering organization of significant scale across multiple geographies that releases products and improvements at a rapid pace. Experience with agile methodologies is a distinct plus
• Has owned technical strategy, planning, and execution. Has recruited, hired, and developed outstanding engineering leaders (who are also proven recruiters); and has managed seasoned executives
• Has driven growth, productivity, and quality
• Has proven outward-facing skills (recruiting, client consulting, public speaking)
• Has achieved a level of excellence or mastery of best hardware engineering principles, practices, tools
• Has led groups within large and small companies
• Has collaboratively formulated corporate or business-unit-level strategies and plans
• Has 10+ years of experience in hardware, with 5+ years of management experience
• Background in Electrical Engineering / Embedded firmware / Mechanical Engineering.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to diversity in the workforce. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to; race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.